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Explorations, September 13th

Click on picture to see bigger! All these ideas came from our students!

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A few pictures of todays explorations in words and in numbers.

Words: we are establishing ourselves as “Word Scientists” and as such we will be studying Orthography (instead of “spelling”). All the things on the list at right are things we will do with words. We will work from the point of view that English spelling is highly ordered and explainable. You may not believe this is so–indeed you may have been taught the exact opposite, as I was! If so, challenge us and yourself and me with questions about words. Together with your child, or on your own: What do you notice? What do you wonder? What doesn’t make sense? (More on this later…much more).

Numbers: Today we had Courtney Bush, wonderful travelling math teacher, visit to lead an activity. Students were asked to try and represent their thinking about “how many” using tiles. We are heading toward a deeper understanding of arrays, skip-counting and multiplication. (As well as quadrilaterals!)

Also, we went to the woods today and had a lovely time exploring special spots. I was so impressed with the focus and self-discipline as each child stayed in their spot–looking, listening and recording as they considered What lives in this habitat? I forgot to bring a camera.